Sal Orr Awarded Air Medal in the Pacific
A letter from Lieutenant General George C Kenney honors Technical Sergeant Will J Orr of Dothan for meritorious achievement on more than twenty five combat missions in the Southwest Pacific from Sept 22 1942 to May 23 1944. The Air Medal recognizes courage and service to the combat team and country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech- Beart Sargeant
W. J. Orr
Jaty Ore
Dothan
South Pacific
Lutter
Sera
Ore
George C Kenney
Fifth Air Force
Kenney
Sgt Orr
Will J. Orr
Southwest Pacific
Ruth
Tam
Mia
Orr
Enterprise Board Names Army Selectees
Coffen County Selective Service Board No 2 lists men accepted for service in the Army. John K Rice already on active duty joins Barrett J Engram Woodrow Harden Porter Maxwell Montes and Lynn A Brokes who will report for duty August 20.
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Enterprise
Coffen County Selective Service Board
Army
John K. Rice
Barrett J. Engram
Woodrow Harden
Porter Maxwell Montes
Lynn A. Brokes
Birth announcements for Tidwell Joyner Hall Hatton Pope Bridges
A series of birth notices from August record a daughter for Ray Tidwell and wife Nellis Jeen, a son for Frank Joyner and wife Donald Ray, a son for P F E Hall and wife Paul Preston, a son for Hubert Hatton and wife Hupert Wesley, a daughter for Lt Col Willam Pope and Mrs Pope, and a son for Jn bus Roberts and wife Jebus Bridges. The notices name the parents and birth dates and list related relations.
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Ray Tidwell
Nellis Jeen
Frank Joyner
Dothan
Donald Ray
P. FE. Hall
Clark
Paul Preston
Hubert Hatton
Blalely
Hupert Wesley
Willam P. Pope
Pope
Barnett Dicking
Aren To
Jnbus Roberts
Agnes Blaum
Jebus Bridges
Cadet Lester A Farmer at Anti aircraft Artillery School
Lieutenant Lester A Farmer junior, son of Mr and Mrs L A Farmer of 921 South Woodland Drive, is attending the Anti aircraft Artillery School at Camp Davis North Carolina. The promotions office announced Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester A Farmer
L. A. Farmer
South Woodland Drive
Camp Davia
Three Dothan Youths Begin Naval Training Camp
Three Dothan youths reported to the Naval Training Bta Yon at Great Lakes Wisconsin for recruit training. The new recruits are Rex H. Canady nineteen son of Mr. and Mrs FLA Canady of 306 W Newton Ave James R Taylor eighteen son of J R Taylor of 04 Headlong Ave and Connie J Love nineteen son of Mrs Gertrude James Henry Green Apartments Dothan.
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Great Lakes
Rex H. Canady
Mra
Fla Canady
W. Newton &J
James FR Taylor
J. R. Taylor
Headlong Ave
Connie J. Love
Mia
Gertrude James
Henry Green Apartments
Dothan
Wounded Ex-Dothan Man Recovering at Army Hospital
Lieutenant Robert O. English formerly of Dothan and connected with a local firm was wounded in the Aleutians campaign. He is recovering at an Army hospital in Vancouver, Washington, and friends report he expects to return to active duty in a short time after receiving a letter.
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Dothan
Robert O. English
Vancouver
Washington
Friends Heresal
English
Geneva Pilot Missing in North Africa
War Department announced Flight Officer James Beck of Geneva missing in action in North Africa. 132 American soldiers were listed as casualties. next of kin named as his mother Mrs. Thelma Back.
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James &. Beck
Geneva
War Department
Thelma Back
Marriages listed from Houston County probate office
The Houston County probate office issued marriage licenses last week. Couples include John T. Hodges Jr. and Sacin McEachern, Roy Hal and Leatine Ceprad Gordon, James Huey Conrad and Katie Nel Vickers Gordon, George Kingsley Worth and Myrtle Richards, John LeRoy Hunter and Mabel Hall, Freddie Haletend and Dorothy Lindel Brown, Robert Edward Engen and Mary Nell Rudd, Otis Eins and Bia die Green, John William Reese and Luthel T. Thomas, Walter H. Simpson and Jane Lawell Arnold, Andrew H. Ivey and Mary Frances Ruges. Plus Private First Class Charles Henry Pritchett, son of Mrs A. Z. Stokes, graduated from the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command Photography program at Lowry Field.
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Roy Hal
Gordon
Leatine
Ceprad
James Huey Conrad
Katie Nel Vickers
Gordon George Kingsley Worth
Tampa
Fis
Myrtle Richards
Arlington Avenue
Dothan
John LeRoy Hunter
Gainesville
Fig
Mabel Mildred Hall
Freddie P. Haletend
Dorothy Lindel Brown
Ozark
Robert Edward Engen
Mary Nell Rudd
Montana St
Otis Eins
Bilton
Biadie
Route Two
John William Reese
Syracuse
N. Y
Luthe
T. Thomas
Walter H. Simpson
Hemlock
Ohio
Jane Lawell Arnold
Slocomb
Andrew H. Ivey
Pineville
Mary Frances Ruges
Headland Avenue
Dothen
Charles Henry Pritchett
A. Z. Stokes
North Appletree Street
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Lowry Field
Gal
Ice
Ple Pritchett
Dothan High School
Army
Napier Field
Wainwright Shipyard
Panama City
Fla
Dothan Girl to Get Wings at Army Flying School
Elizabeth Harman Mitchel of Dothan will join 112 women pilots awarded three pairs of wings at the Army Women's Flying Training Detachment graduation exercises Saturday at Avenger Field. Daughter of Annie Laurie Harman, Houston County registrar in chancery, she represents Dothan in this ceremony.
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Elizabeth Harman Mitchel
Dothan
Army
Avenge Ft. la
War Department
Mitchell
Annie Laurie Harman
Houston County
Andalusia Marine Heroism Honored for Saving Comrade
High praise from his commanding officer salutes Sergeant Bibb G. Burdick for leaping to smother flames and saving Field Cook William C. Green after gasoline ignited. Burdick, 22, son of Charlie A. Burdick of Andalusia Alabama, suffered severe burns in the act.
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South Pacific
Bibb G. Burdick
Charlie A. Burdick
Route 2
Andalusia
Ala
William C. Green
Morrieville
N. Y
Sergeant Burdick
Burdick
Cook Green
Marines Corps
Opp
Salt Lake City
Cottonwood Soldier Receives Air Medal for South Pacific Service
Sergeant John H. Meadows of Cottonwood is awarded the Air Medal for combat air operations in the South Pacific. The War Department announced his decoration, noting his exposure to enemy fire while with the U S Army Thirteenth Air Force as part of a group of officers and men to receive the honor.
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John H. Meadows
Cottonwood
War Department
Meadowe Ig
U.S. Army
Thirteenth Air Force
South Pacific
Death notices from Hartford Dothan and surrounding towns
Obituaries and notices list Samantha Black eighty eight of Hartford Brea J. GG We seventy two of Dothan route four Green Silcox fifty five of Ashford route one Mary Ann Strickland eighty three of Hartford Henry C. Kembrough Fallon Nevada Maude Strickland sixty three Gordon route one Jimmin Conk twenty five Dothan route one Arch Whitten fifty four Headland Jimmie Littlefield infant son of Mr and Mrs John Littefield Alma Lee Doster thirty four Shipperville route one Private Julian Maurice Newton son of Mr and Mrs Robert C Newton of Webh promoted to private first class announced by the public relations office at Keesler Field Mississippi today
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Samantha Black
Hartford Brea
Headland
Jimmie Littlefield
John Littefield
Alma Lee Doster
Shipperville
Julian Maurice Newton
Robert C. Newton
Webh
Keesler Field
Misa
Dothan Boys Enlist In Air Corps Reserve
Two Dothan youths join the Army Air Forces for flying training under the Air Corps Enlisted Reserve. Billy J. Cook and Dewey W. Sellers will wear silver wings in the reserve dress until called to service, then advance to pilot wings after training. Consent of parents and examinations are required.
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Army Air Forces
Air Corps Frijsta
Air Corps
Billy J. Cook
Army Air Force
Dothan
Wiregrass
Aviation Cadet Examining Board
Napier Field
Dia Cook and Sellers
Wiregrass Soldiers Earn Gunner Wings at Harlingen
Six Wiregrass soldiers graduated from the serial gunnery school at Harlingen Army Air Field Texas and were awarded silver gunner wings The group qualified as expert aerial sharpshooters and were promoted to gunner technician sergeants They also completed courses as radio operator mechanics radar operators and bombardment airplane mechanics The graduates include Hugh D Stephenson William H Griggs Ronald L Trammell Robert B Rich Ralph L Snell and George E McKnight A seventh private Cecil P Griffin completed Army Air Forces aircraft sheet metal training at Anderson Organization Los Angeles California and qualified as an Army Air Forces technician
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Harlingen Army Air Field
Tex
Air Field
Hugh D. Stephenson
Aend
H. D. Stephenson
South St Andrews Street
Dothan
William H. Griggs
James C. Griggs
East North Street
Ronald L. Trammell
Harry W. Trammell
East Pine Street
Robert B. Rich
R. B. Rich
Cottonwood
Ralph L. Snell
Ralph J. Snell
Piichard
George E. McKnight
Tull F. McKnight
Abbeville
Cecil P. Griffin
Roy Griffin
Headland
Army Air Forces
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command School
Anderson Organization
Los Angeles
Calif
Cadet Training for Naval Aviation at Alabama Polytechnic
Jack K. Howell of Grateville Fa begins War Training Service School program at Alabama Polytechnic Institute. He will receive 24 percent hours of ground school and complete forty hours of flight training before transfer to a U.S. Navy Pre Flight School.
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Jack K. Howell
Grateville
War Training Service School
Alahama Polytechnic Institute
Neva
Aubin
U.S Navy
Dorothy Dix on being true to self and not changing type
Dorothy Dix argues against women altering their personalities to fit trends. She notes many women waste energy chasing artificial changes while real appeal lies in sincerity and being oneself, from hair to manners. The piece critiques pretentious posturing, urging wives to reveal genuine character and avoid false admiration.
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Ign Giese Gaps
Gunnery Officer Fires 100 Rounds At Eglin Field
Lt. Jesse C. Jones of RFD J Aurora Ind, a ground gunnery instructor at Marianna Army Air Field, fired 100 rounds during a mission at Eglin Field Florida and counted exactly 100 hits on the target in what is described as one of the best scores yet at Eglin.
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Sweenty Prat
Keechal Price
Jesse C. Jones
RFD J
Aurora
Ind
Marianna Army Air Field
Jones
Eglin Field
Florida
la Jones
Baseball scores and Fiji aid note
Summary of yesterday's baseball results across the American and Southern leagues with multiple matchups and upcoming games. Also mentions Fiji offering reciprocal aid to U S forces near Mata Gorda Island, Texas, valued at about 3 million dollars annually.
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Fiji
U. S
Venereal Disease Hospitals Opened In South Carolina
Two pioneering hospitals for venereal disease treatment have begun operating in South Carolina as part of a nationwide effort. One facility serves whites and the other Negroes, with a third unit near Columbia devoted to a five day treatment method. The program targets rapid recovery but exposes underlying social issues surrounding infection and quarantining.
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Francis White
Reginald J. Woorap
Columbia, & C
South Carolina
CDC
Pontiac
Goldville
Columbia
Tennessee
South Carolina program draws national interest for returning women
Within two months these women are returning to their homes. Transportation funds are provided and contacts maintained with welfare agencies to gauge whether the women have become good citizens. Health authorities from Mississippi, Florida, West Virginia, Georgia and Louisiana have visited the South Carolina plants since hospitals opened last December, and the plan appears to work, with fewer than half a dozen cases noted.
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Nodle
South Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
West Virginia
Georgia
Louisiana
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Sal. Orr
Pacific
Enterprise Board
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